Cover for headrests



I. E. ROTNER covrm FOR HEADRESTS Jan. 19, 1937.

Filed Nov. 30, 1935 M); I INVENTOR Lew/v E. BOT/v56 ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 5 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in accessories for dental and other like chairs and has particular reference to a cover for the headrest thereof such as disclosed in my previously issued United States Letters Patent No. 1,733,826 dated October 29, 1929 and No. 1,854,068 dated April 12, 1932.

An object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practical and economical cover which may be readily attached to and removed from the headrest of a chair, and which embodies a pad of separable sheets individually removable from the cover after usage so that a clean sanitary sheet may be presented for each succeeding person using the chair.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the present invention to the headrest of a dental chair or the like.

Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the cover in operative position.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the front of the cover, illustrating the manner of removal of one of the separable sheets.

Figure 4 is a similar view, partly broken away, of the back of the cover.

Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the cover.

Figure 6 is a plan view, similar to Figure 3, of a different form of the invention, and

Figure '7 is an enlarged section on the line 1-i of Figure 6.

The invention is shown in its application to dental or like chairs conventionally indicated by the numeral 8 which includes the usual headrest consisting of a bifurcated post 9 with the ranches of the latter carrying the usual spaced headrest sections lfl angularly disposed relative to each other.

The present cover for the headrest sections is similar to those disclosed in the above-mentioned Letters Patent in that it comprises a flexible envelope generally indicated by the numeral II and made of any suitable material such as linen or the like. The envelope comprises the front and back members I 2 and l3 both of substantially rectangular formation. These mem bers are superimposed and have their marginal edges secured together by stitching or other suitable means and when so assembled constitute an envelope having an unobstructed interior adapted to receive the sections In of the headrest. In order to facilitate the mounting of the cover upon the headrest the back [3 is provided therein with elongated openings Id of sufiiicient di- 5 mension to permit of one of the sections IU of the headrest being inserted through each opening and when so disposed therein said sections retain the cover in position thereon. Due to the relative angular relation of the sections In, it is desirable, when the cover is applied thereto, that the latter readily assume a partially folded po sition medially of its ends as indicated in Figure 2. For this purpose the front and back members l2 and !3 are formed along their top and bottom edges with cut-out portions [5 and the material of said members 12 and I3 between said cut-out portions is creased as indicated at l6 and H respectively so as to define a folding line for the cover.

The cover further comprises a pad generally indicated by the numeral I8 consisting of a suit able supply of superimposed sheets IQ of tissue paper or other like material, the uppermost sheet of the pad being removable after usage so that a clean sheet can be presented for each succeeding person using the chair. The pad I8 is out to the same size as the envelope which carries the same and the sheets thereof may be temporarily secured together in any suitable manner as by an adhesive extending partially about the marginal edges of the pad as indicated at l8, it being preferable to leave at least a portion of the sheets constituting one edge unattached so that each individual sheet may be readily grasped and removed from the pad when desired. The same adhesive around the edge of the lowermost sheet of the pad may be employed to secure the latter to the front member l2 of the envelope, or marginal edges of the pad may be secured by other fasteners such as indicated in the embodiment shown in Figures 6 and 7.

In the form of the device shown in Figures 6 and '7 the envelope 20 is of substantially the same construction as the envelope H and said envelope has secured toits front portion, by means of fasteners 2|, a pad 22 also consisting of a plurality of superimposed sheets. The various sheets of the pad 22 are provided at one end of the pad with small tabs 23 and these tabs, 50 from the inner to the outermost sheets of the pad, are progressively increased in size so that the tab of each sheet will slightly overlap that of the underneath sheet, thereby enabling the tab of the outermost shee to be readily grasped 55 to permit of detachment of said sheet from the applied at spaced intervals to opposed surfaces pad.

What is claimed is:

1. A cover for a sectional headrest comprising an envelope having an unobstructed interior which constitutes a single compartment for receiving the sections of said headrest and which has means providing access to the interior thereof, and a pad of separable and individually removable sheets secured to said envelope, said sheets being secured to each other by an adhesive extending along portions of the marginal edges thereof.

2. A cover for a sectional headrest the spacedsections of which are angularly disposed, said cover comprising an envelope having means to removably attach the same to said sections and further having an unobstructed interior constituting a single compartment for the reception of said sections, and a pad of superimposed and separable sheets carried by said envelope, said sheets and envelope being creased intermediate their ends so that the crease will be disposed coincident with the space between said sections when the cover is in position thereon.

3. A cover for asectional headrest comprising an envelope having an unobstructed interior which constitutes a single compartment for receiving the sections of said headrest, and which has means providing access to the interior thereof, and a pad of separable and individually removable sheets secured to said envelope, said sheets being secured to each other by an adhesive of adjacent sheets.

4. A cover for a sectional headrest the spaced sections of which are angularly disposed, said cover comprising an envelope having openings to receive the sections of said headrest when mounting the cover in position thereon, and a pad of superimposed and separable sheets carried by said envelope, the width of said sheets and envelope being reduced intermediate their ends to define a folding area which is disposed coincident with the space between said spaced sections of the headrest when the cover is in position thereon.

5. A cover for a sectional headrest comprising an envelope having communicating compartments each of which encloses and completely covers a section of said headrest when in position thereon and which is provided with means forming access to the interior thereof to receive the sections of said rest when applying the envelope thereto, a pad of separable sheets of the same dimensions of said envelope, the width of said sheets and envelope being reduced intermediate their ends to define a folding area which is disposed between the sections of said headrest when the cover is in position thereon, and means securing said pad and envelope together, said means comprising a series of separate fasteners extending through said pad and envelope at spaced intervals aboutthe marginal edges thereof.

IRVING E. ROTNER. 

